Woohoo, first post.
So i'm a big fan of older wooden surplus rifles. I've always had the desire to at one point make one a bit of a tack driver while still keeping it fairly normal looking.
So I picked a 7x57 1924 spanish mauser. The ballistics on the round seem quite good. At heavier loads it makes for a great wilderness rifle here. It's wooden stock is in good condition, the action works fine and it fires just fine. The barrel is a bit shot out and the crown is looking chipped. The dovetail iron sights on it are absolutely garbage - especially when it's sunny out here in Alaska. I can shoot groups at 25m, at 50 meters I keep it fairly consistent to the right half of the target and at 100m I have 3/5 rounds on the paper and I have to do some kentucky windage just to get that.
So I was thinking the first order of buisness would be to get a peep sight. I was thinking about a Lyman or a williams sight. What do you think?
Next thing would be getting a decent barrel from Krieger. I would cerakote it black to make it match the rifle.
After that I would take it to a gunsmith and have the barrel properly bedded and installed. I will hold off on any trigger modifications until It seems necessary.
Ideally at the end of this, I will probably have paid a good chunk of cash but I will have a fun rifle that looks cool to shoot. What do you think of my plans?
So i'm a big fan of older wooden surplus rifles. I've always had the desire to at one point make one a bit of a tack driver while still keeping it fairly normal looking.
So I picked a 7x57 1924 spanish mauser. The ballistics on the round seem quite good. At heavier loads it makes for a great wilderness rifle here. It's wooden stock is in good condition, the action works fine and it fires just fine. The barrel is a bit shot out and the crown is looking chipped. The dovetail iron sights on it are absolutely garbage - especially when it's sunny out here in Alaska. I can shoot groups at 25m, at 50 meters I keep it fairly consistent to the right half of the target and at 100m I have 3/5 rounds on the paper and I have to do some kentucky windage just to get that.
So I was thinking the first order of buisness would be to get a peep sight. I was thinking about a Lyman or a williams sight. What do you think?
Next thing would be getting a decent barrel from Krieger. I would cerakote it black to make it match the rifle.
After that I would take it to a gunsmith and have the barrel properly bedded and installed. I will hold off on any trigger modifications until It seems necessary.
Ideally at the end of this, I will probably have paid a good chunk of cash but I will have a fun rifle that looks cool to shoot. What do you think of my plans?